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Jon Courtenay Grimwood

@joncg.bsky.social

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Maltese born, Edinburgh novelist. ASD. Lapsed journalist. PhD St Andrews. Writes as Jonathan Grimwood, Jack G & Jon Courtenay G. Owns cat that’s a drug addict. he/him ‘Triumphant…’ FT http://jonathangrimwood.com http://jackgrimwood.com http://j-cg.co.uk

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Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 1d

And a couple of flag shagging 'concerned Brits' have just mugged him for his case.

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Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 1d

Presumably he's taking them down?

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · Oct 18

🧵Some real Jilly Cooper quotes from her Rutshire Chronicles, the series of books that Rivals is from.

1) "Her breasts swayed like party balloons when the front door opens"

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Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 2d

Think my copy fell to pieces. (Did like that cover though.)

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Richard Easther @rjme.bsky.social · 2d

Physics Nobel announcement tomorrow.

If you know and dislike a famous physicist, this is the day of the year to call them up in the middle of the night, wait 10 seconds, and then do you best Swedish Chef impression...

a chef in a kitchen with the words borg written on the bottom

ALT: a chef in a kitchen with the words borg written on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 2d

I suspect, if there are any students left at the end of this particularly grim global period, that, 'Outline the Events Leading up to the Second American Civil War' will become a standard exam question.

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l'Humanité @humanite.fr · 2d

Dans les Pyrénées, l’ourse Claverina a donné naissance à un ourson

➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/G4v

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Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 3d

I love the idea of having that continuity.

Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 3d

It certainly possible. Although, given her willingness to be childish, possibly not... (Not spiteful childish, just childish.)
:-)

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Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 3d

I remember my grandmother telling me when she was 85 that she looked in the mirror everyday and wondered who the old woman was because she felt fifteen inside. And a friend's rock solid father who had obviously been fully adult long before he was even out of school.

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 3d

“Shadowy network of informants” 🤣🤣🤣

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

John le Carré's real-life network of spies and gangsters fed him secret material

The celebrated author, who died in 2020, was known for writing spy novels with an attention to detail that made the murky world of espionage seem terrifyingly real.

www.mirror.co.uk

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Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 3d

:-)

'At what temperature do you burn a body to destroy all hope of DNA retrieval?'

'Where is it? Do you need help?'

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Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 3d

Who stole the other seven? (Buchan is spinning in his grave.)

Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 3d

We are getting fed up with the 32 steps.

Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 3d

Ah, I can remember the whole conference breaking into song when the labour home secretary came on...

'Freedoms just another word we really must remove...'

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 3d

Ah Nabokov. Endlessly, if slyly l, looking over the shoulder of God, or whoever he considers his omniscient narrator to be

Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 3d

Aye, Sam's had a lot of fun hacking a narrative out of her fury..

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Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 3d

It's the best thing Sam's written. I would say that, it just happens to be true...
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Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · 3d

A wise woman once told me terror was the flip side of exhilaration. She’s not wrong!

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Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 4d

I'm glad. I had wondered how Wigtown was fairing.
Sausage *hates* the wind and rain, and as an outie cat, has been very vocal about his displeasure!

Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 4d

How's the mog been handling the wind and rain?

Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you. Just had a look at site. They look excellent.

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Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 4d

Looks very like one of my paella pans from above. Is the difference down to thickness of the metal?

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 4d

Blustery day, isn't it? Here's the National Grid: Live generation data. Wind and solar are generating 74.2% of our electricity. Gas is generating 13.1%. And yet our household electricity prices are pegged to... the volatile price of gas. Which is the basis on which the right attacks... renewables.

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Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 5d

Astonishing

Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 5d

That's the Very Reverend Lady Woman to you...

Sky News @news.sky.com · 5d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social · 5d

Not ideal...

'One of the victims in yesterday’s attack outside a synagogue in north Manchester died after being shot accidentally by an armed officer, police have confirmed.'

Manchester synagogue terror attack victim died after accidental police shooting – latest updates

Police say attacker was not armed and second member of the public suffered non-life threatening gunshot injuries

www.theguardian.com

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